Robert Warzycha

Robert Warzycha
Warzycha in 2002
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-08-20) 20 August 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Siemkowice, Poland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
1983–1984 Budowlani Działoszyn
1984–1985 Warta Sieradz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1987 Górnik Wałbrzych 31 (5)
1987–1991 Górnik Zabrze 91 (10)
1991–1994 Everton 72 (6)
1994–1995 Pécsi Mecsek 21 (7)
1995–1996 Budapest Honvéd 21 (6)
1996–2002 Columbus Crew 160 (19)
Total 396 (53)
International career
1987–1993 Poland 47 (7)
Managerial career
2003–2008 Columbus Crew (assistant)
2005 Columbus Crew (interim)
2009–2013 Columbus Crew
2014 Górnik Zabrze
2015 Górnik Zabrze
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Warzycha (Polish pronunciation: [ˈrɔbɛrd vaˈʐɨxa]; born 20 August 1963) is a Polish former professional football manager and player.

A right winger, Warzycha had a long career in Europe, playing for teams in Poland, Hungary and England with Everton in the Premier League. He won two Polish Ekstraklasa titles and a Polish Super Cup with Górnik Zabrze. Warzycha was also a regular member of the Poland national team throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, amassing 47 caps.

He moved to the United States in 1996 and subsequently spent seven seasons in Major League Soccer with Columbus Crew. He later served as a coach for the team, serving as head coach for five seasons.